1593. ekneuo -- to bend the head away, to withdraw... to bend the head away, to withdraw. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: ekneuo Phonetic Spelling: (ek-nyoo'-o) Short Definition: I retire, withdraw Definition ...//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/1593.htm - 6k

This is the Image of the Queen... Most holy Mary! at thy feet I bend a suppliant knee; In this thy own sweet month of May, Dear Mother of my God, I pray, Do thou remember me. .../.../various/the st gregory hymnal and catholic choir book/no 82 this is the.htm

Surrender a Law of Life....Bend your head down, bend down your neck, even though it's a bit stiff going your own way, and fit it into this yoke of mine. Surrender to Me as your Master. .../.../gordon/quiet talks on service/surrender a law of life.htm

M. Mrs. Hemans. All must Pray.... 2 Father, by the breeze of eve Called thy daily toil to leave; Pray! ere yet the dark hours be, Lift the heart, and bend the knee! .../.../various/book of hymns for public and private devotion/98 7s m mrs hemans.htm

Expository Treatise against the Jews.... as having forsaken the way that saith, "I am the way." [1570] Furthermore, hear this yet more serious word: "And their back do thou bend always;" that means .../.../expository treatise against the jews.htm

The Highway of Holiness... reactions. Before we can enter the Highway, God must bend and break that stiff-necked self, so that Christ reigns in its stead. ...//christianbookshelf.org/hession/the calvary road/chapter 4 the highway of.htm

Thesaurus

Bend (29 Occurrences)... vt) To strain or move out of a straight line; to crook by straining; to make crooked; to curve; to make ready for use by drawing into a curve; as, to bend a bow .../b/bend.htm - 16k

Decline (10 Occurrences)... 1. (vi) To bend, or lean downward; to take a downward direction; to bend over or hang down, as from weakness, weariness, despondency, etc.; to condescend. .../d/decline.htm - 12k

Stoop (10 Occurrences)... 4. (vi) To bend the upper part of the body downward and forward; to bend or lean forward; to incline forward in standing or walking; to assume habitually a .../s/stoop.htm - 10k

Buckle... 2. (n.) A distortion bulge, bend, or kink, as in a saw blade or a plate of sheet metal. ... 6. (n.) To bend; to cause to kink, or to become distorted. .../b/buckle.htm - 7k

Crouch (7 Occurrences)... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vi) To bend down; to stoop low; to lie close to the ground with the logs bent, as an animal when waiting for prey, or in fear. .../c/crouch.htm - 8k

Romans 11:10 Let their eyes be made dark so that they may not see, and let their back be bent down at all times.(See NAS RSV)

1 Peter 1:12 to whom it was revealed, that not to themselves, but to us they were ministering these, which now were told to you (through those who did proclaim good news to you,) in the Holy Spirit sent from heaven, to which things messengers do desire to bend looking.(YLT)

Genesis 49:15 He saw a resting place, that it was good, the land, that it was pleasant. He bows his shoulder to the burden, and becomes a servant doing forced labor.(See NIV)

Judges 11:35 And it cometh to pass, when he seeth her, that he rendeth his garments, and saith, 'Alas, my daughter, thou hast caused me greatly to bend, and thou hast been among those troubling me; and I -- I have opened my mouth unto Jehovah, and I am not able to turn back.'(YLT)

Proverbs 16:26 A labouring man hath laboured for himself, For his mouth hath caused 'him' to bend over it.(YLT)

Isaiah 46:2 They bend, they are bowed down together; they could not deliver the burden, and themselves are gone into captivity.(DBY)

Isaiah 65:12 Your fate will be the sword, and you will all go down to death: because when my voice came to you, you made no answer; you did not give ear to my word; but you did what was evil in my eyes, desiring what was not pleasing to me.(See NIV)

Jeremiah 9:3 They bend their tongue, as it were their bow, for falsehood; and they are grown strong in the land, but not for truth: for they proceed from evil to evil, and they don't know me, says Yahweh.(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Jeremiah 46:9 Go up, you horses; and rage, you chariots; and let the mighty men go forth: Cush and Put, who handle the shield; and the Ludim, who handle and bend the bow.(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS)

Jeremiah 50:14 Set yourselves in array against Babylon all around, all you who bend the bow; shoot at her, spare no arrows: for she has sinned against Yahweh.(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

Jeremiah 50:29 Call together the archers against Babylon, all those who bend the bow; encamp against her all around; let none of it escape: recompense her according to her work; according to all that she has done, do to her; for she has been proud against Yahweh, against the Holy One of Israel.(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

Jeremiah 51:3 Against him who bends let the archer bend his bow, and against him who lifts himself up in his coat of mail: and don't spare her young men; utterly destroy all her army.(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV)

Ezekiel 17:7 There was also another great eagle with great wings and many feathers: and behold, this vine did bend its roots toward him, and shot forth its branches toward him, from the beds of its plantation, that he might water it.(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

Zechariah 9:13 For indeed I bend Judah as a bow for me. I have filled the bow with Ephraim; and I will stir up your sons, Zion, against your sons, Greece, and will make you like the sword of a mighty man.(WEB JPS NAS NIV)